As the old saying goes, “If you don’t like the weather in Oregon, just wait a minute and it will change.” In late March, the weather changed in the mountains just north of Burns, the snowpack started ...

There are over 1,000 tide gates in Oregon, preventing the ocean from flooding valuable agricultural land. Many were installed ...

His organization maintains 27 miles of levees along the Columbia River and advocates for flood safety across the state. He said Oregon went through a flood infrastructure boom in the early 20th ...

An aerial image taken on Sunday, March 30, 2025, documents flooding impacts to the Burns Paiute Reservation. (Photo courtesy of the Tribe’s Natural Resources Department and Trey Wall.) Possibly ...

In addition to a tsunami, that earthquake will lead to chronic flooding, the report finds, threatening homes, farms and critical infrastructure up and down Oregon. The study tries to predict how ...

A long-feared monster earthquake off the coast of California, Oregon and Washington could cause some areas to sink by more ...

This isn’t unique to Burns. Colin Rowan, planning director for the Urban Flood Safety and Water Quality District in Portland, told Oregon Public Broadcasting that the kind of levee system ...